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Saturday, April 20, 2013

Air Force Gen. Ma Xiaotian in Command

Air Force Gen. Ma Xiaotian (back R) reads a map of
the quake-hit zone on the plane. A 7.0-magnitude earthquake hit Lushan
County of Ya'an City in southwest China's Sichuan Province at 8:02 a.m.
Upon hearing the news, Commander Ma Xaotian of the Chinese People’s
Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF), who is inspecting air force troops
stationed in Yunan Province these days, changed his prefixed plan and
immediately flew 6 minutes after the earth quake occurred to the
Qionglai airport, the nearest airport to the quake-hit zone, to direct
the earthquake relief work of the Air Force troops.(Chinamil.com.cn/Liu
Yinghua)